Oppenheimer is Christopher Nolan’s longest film; know duration

One of the most anticipated films of 2023, Oppenheimer is the longest film of the career of Christopher Nolana successful director who directed productions such as Interstellar (2014), Batman the dark knight (2008) and The origin (2010).

During an interview with Total Filmthe filmmaker commented on how the duration of Oppenheimer surpasses that of his longest film, Interstellar, which has 2h49. As the director explained, the feature that opens on July 20, 2023 in Brazilian theaters “kisses at three o’clock.”

It’s a little longer than the longest we’ve ever done.

‘I was desperate to star in a Christopher Nolan movie’, says Cillian Murphy of Oppenheimer

Cillian Murphyknown for interpreting Thomas Shelby in peaky blinders (2013), reveals how he was cast in the lead role for Oppenheimer (2023) the next film directed by Christopher Nolan. Both have worked together in five other films together, three of them in the Batman franchise, The origin (2010) and Dunkirk (2017).

talking to the Associated Press, murphy said he never hid from nolan your willingness to work alongside nolan, but who secretly ‘was desperate to play a lead role for him’. The actor also said that “it felt like the right time to take on more responsibility” on the big screen and the trust and mutual respect between the artists facilitated the dynamic between the two.

“I have always said publicly and privately, to Chris [Nolan] that if I’m available and you want me to be in a movie, I’m there. I don’t really care about the size of the paper,” he pointed out. murphy. “He’s so understated and self-deprecating, and in his very English way, he just said, ‘Listen, I wrote this script, it’s about Oppenheimer. I’d like you to be my Oppenheimer.”